Make a storage container with compartments to 3D print.
A lid, up to 6 x 4 compartments, the name on the front.
The Storage Containers generator makes a box with a lid and a grid of compartments for a drawer, a shelf or a craft kit. Its name is pressed into the front, so a row of containers reads at a glance - Screws, Beads, Tea, Cables. The lid presses in, slides off on rails or goes down over the box, and can carry a word or a logo of its own.
Examples
How to make a storage container
Size it to the shelf
Length, width and height, the corners and the wall.
Split it
Compartments along and across.
Label it
A word pressed into the front, 6 to 40 mm tall; the wall keeps its thickness behind it.
Choose the lid
Pressed in, sliding on rails or down over the box.
Export and print
The box prints standing, the lid face down; a big lid goes on its own plate.
What you can change
- Size
- 60 to 240 x 40 to 220 mm, 24 to 150 mm tall; wall 1.8 to 4 mm.
- Compartments
- Up to 6 x 4, walls 1.2 to 3 mm; more than fit are cut to what fits, with a note.
- Label
- Pressed 0.6 mm into the front; under a 2.1 mm wall it is left off, with a note.
Good to know
These containers are for things - parts, beads, cables, tea bags in their wrappers. Printed plastic is not made for loose food or the dishwasher.
Questions
Can it have a grid of compartments?
Yes, up to 6 along and 4 across.
Where does the label go?
Pressed into the front wall, so it reads on a shelf or in a drawer.
Can I store food in it?
It is meant for things, not loose food: printed PLA is not made for the dishwasher.
What file do I get?
A 3MF, which keeps each colour as its own object for a multi-colour printer, or an STL. Every file is checked before it downloads: closed (watertight) geometry, a single shell and walls thick enough to print.
Is it free?
The free plan gives 3 designs a month on each generator. Selling the printed pieces needs the Seller or Studio plan, which include the commercial licence.
Licence
On the Free and Maker plans you may print your designs for yourself and as gifts, not for sale. Selling the printed pieces needs the Seller or Studio plan, which include the commercial licence and a licence certificate for each design. Pieces made during the free beta, before paid plans launched, may still be sold on the terms of that time. The exported files themselves can never be resold or redistributed, on any plan.
This is a summary. Read Can I sell rings I 3D print with Morcano? and the Terms, which are the authoritative text.
